Democrats strain for nuance in defending Los Angeles protesters

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President Donald Trump and Republicans are putting Democrats in the difficult political position of having to defend protests over illegal immigrants as the White House tries to project strength with the president’s deployment of the National Guard to respond to the Los Angeles riots.

In an echo of their reaction to the Department of Government Efficiency’s federal government reforms, Democrats are having to provide a nuanced defense of protests, which became violent last weekend, over Immigration and Customs Enforcement workplace raids in Los Angeles.

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